The Conscious Travel Foundation participating members
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The Conscious Travel Foundation is a global NGO that advocates for a positive relationship between tourism and the planet. Our Climate Fund supports 6 impactful projects that contribute to the removal of travel’s unavoidable emissions and restore nature
UNDO Enhanced Rock Weathering
A nature-based carbon removal technology that permanently locks away CO₂
Greenhouse Gas Destruction
Collection and destruction of refrigerants and potent non-CO2 greenhouse gases (GHGs)
Renewable cooking India
Providing households in rural India access to 100% renewable biomass cookers
Rainwater harvesting - bunds
Restoring desertified, dry land using techniques including rainwater harvesting
Aperam BioEnergia Biochar
Biochar project in Brazil, removing carbon and benefitting the soil and communities
Seagrass and mangrove restoration
Planting and protecting seagrass meadows and mangrove propagules to sequester carbon
Our projects in detail
Find out more about our 6 high-quality carbon capture and removal projects located around the world
UNDO Enhanced Rock Weathering – UK
UNDO spreads crushed basalt rock on agricultural land, enhancing soil health while removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a process called enhanced rock weathering. Enhanced rock weathering is a nature-based carbon removal technology that permanently locks away CO₂ from the atmosphere.
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Greenhouse Gas Destruction
Tradewater exists to improve the environment and create economic opportunity through the collection, control and destruction of refrigerants and halon fire suppressants that are potent non-CO2 greenhouse gases (GHGs). They also measure and plug abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells that are leaking methane into the atmosphere. They have set themselves a goal to prevent the release of at least 3 million tons of CO2e to the atmosphere annually. This collective activity is essential work in the prevention of catastrophic climate change.
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Renewable cooking equipment in India
Cooking on biogas is better for health, climate and the environment and saves households time and money. This project gives households in rural India access to 100% renewable energy for cooking. The project is Fairtrade and Gold Standard certified, ensuring that a fair, minimum income is generated for the families it supports.
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Rainwater harvesting - bunds
Nature-based solutions are now recognised as a key element of tackling climate change. Justdiggit, restores desertified, dry land using proven techniques including rainwater harvesting (digging bunds, or ‘earth smiles’).
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Aperam BioEnergia Biochar - Brazil
Aperam BioEnergia is a Brazilian player of the forest and renewable energy sector, that runs a ~420.000 ton/year charcoal operation with emissions control in the northeast region of Minas Gerais - Brazil, and holds ~156,000 ha of planted (FSC Certified) and native forest with important biodiversity and economical impact on local communities. Previously, part of the charcoal production that wasn’t being used in Aperam’s industrial process was sold to the market for energy applications, mostly to cement production industries. Now, with the Biochar project, the material is brought back to Aperam BioEnergia forests and applied to the soil, where it not only serves as a durable carbon removal from the atmosphere but also acts as an important natural component for soil characteristics, reconditioning and improvement. This change of baseline is only possible due to the carbon removal revenue.
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Seagrass and mangrove restoration Puerto Rico
Seagrass is a wonder plant. It takes carbon from the atmosphere up to 35 times faster than tropical rainforests. Sadly, seagrass, which is found in shallow waters of coastal regions, has been declining globally at a rate of about 7% a year since 1990 – we must reverse this trend. Planting and protecting seagrass meadows is one of the most effective ways we can tackle climate change. Mangroves another critical "blue carbon" ecosystem, store up to five times as much carbon, in their biomass and soils, as tropical upland forests. Mangroves - estimated since the 1950's to have decreased globally by 50% due to land use changes - are critical to protect and restore with a diverse array of holistic benefits to coastal habitats; acting as biodiversity hotspots with a vibrant array of species from shellfish to fish species finding shelter amongst their roots as juveniles. Whilst they are key to adaptation and resilience from increasing intensity and frequency of extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change, acting as natural barriers and stabling coastlines.
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